Distinctives

• U.S. News & World Report ranks Wheaton 56 out of more than 266 National Liberal Arts Colleges.
• The Princeton Review names Wheaton in the 2010 edition of The Best 371 Colleges.
• The 2010 Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Wheaton College in its list of 44 Best Buy colleges and universities, based on academic quality in relation to the cost of attendance.
• Kiplinger's ranks Wheaton 15th for Best Values in Private Colleges. Wheaton ranks 3rd for (lowest) total cost, and 9th for (lowest) cost after need based aid.
• The Insider's Guide to the Colleges 2010 observes, “The fusion of excellent academics and devotion to faith at Wheaton College prepares students to do big things, "For Christ and His Kingdom.”
• Colleges that Change Lives includes Wheaton in its select list of 40 schools.

Enrollment

• Approximately 2,400 undergraduates, 500 graduate students
• 50% female, 50% male
• 20% multicultural students
• From 50 states, 37 countries and 55+ church denominations

Faculty

• Full time: 198; Part time: 102
• 94% of full-time faculty hold earned doctorates or other terminal degree
• 21 endowed faculty chairs, allowing +10% of permanent faculty to hold endowed professorships
• 12:1 Student to Faculty Ratio

Finances (2009-2010)

• Undergraduate: $26,520; room and board: $7,770
• Graduate: $630 per credit hour; $830 for Psy.D. students; $750 for Ph.D. students
• More than $14 million in scholarships and grants is awarded annually to students
• Federal Pell grants, FSEOG, state, and institutional grants and scholarships are available
• Approximately 64% of undergraduate students receive need-based and non-need-based scholarships and grants
• About 57% of undergraduates are offered loans; about 44% accept
• Music, ROTC, and multicultural student scholarships are available
• See http://www.wheaton.edu/finaid for more information

Important Dates

• Early action deadline: November 1, with notification by December 31
• Regular Action deadline: January 10, with notification by April 1
• Conservatory deadline: January 10, with notification by April 1
• Fall Transfer deadline: March 1
• Spring Transfer deadline: October 1

Class of 2013 Profile

• 620 enrolled, including 27 National Merit Finalists
• Average high school GPA 3.7 (unweighted scale)
• 59% graduated in top 10% of their high school class
• 83% graduated in the top 25% in high school
• 116 are children of alumni
• Will maintain a 3.4 GPA over the next four years
• Middle 50% scored between 1220 and 1390 on the Critical Reasoning and Math portions of the SAT, and between 26 and 31 on the ACT
• 95% will return their sophomore year
• 79% are expected to graduate in four years; 84% will graduate in five

Residence Life

Academics

Arts & Sciences | B.A., B.S.

Conservatory of Music | B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed.

• Composition
• Education
• History/Literature
• Music with Elective Studies in an Outside Field
• Music with Emphasis in a Music-Related Field
• Performance

Undergraduate Certificates

• Gender Studies
• HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources (Development Studies)
• Military Science
• Pre-Law
• Urban Studies
• Youth Ministry

Master of Arts Degrees | M.A., M.A.T.

• Biblical Archaeology
• Biblical Exegesis
• Biblical Studies
• Christian Formation & Ministry
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Ministries
• Evangelism and Leadership
• General Theology
• Historical and Systematic Theology
• History of Christianity
• Intercultural Studies
• Intercultural Studies-Gradlink
• Intercultural Studies & TESOL
• Teaching, Elementary or Secondary

Graduate Certificates

• TESOL
• Urban Evangelism
• Urban Mission

Doctoral Degrees | Ph.D., Psy. D.

• Philosophy in Biblical & Theological Studies (Ph.D.)
• Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)

Special Programs

• Arts in London
• HoneyRock
• HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources
• International Study Semester
• May in Asia
• Music and Ministry in the Great Cities of Europe
• Pre-Health Professions
• Pre-Law Program
• ROTC
• Science Station
• Summer study in Spain and Latin America
• URBN in South America
• Wheaton in Chicago
• Wheaton in England
• Wheaton in France
• Wheaton in Germany
• Wheaton in the Holy Lands
• Wheaton in Washington, D.C.

Accreditation and Certifications

• Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• National Association of Schools of Music
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• American Psychological Association
• American Chemical Society Certified

Calendar System

• Two 16-week semesters
• Two 4-week summer sessions

More Than A Classroom - Student Activities

• Student Government
• Leadership development opportunities
• College Union
• The Record newspaper
• Kodon literary magazine
• Tower yearbook
• Gospel Choir
• Intercollegiate speech and debate competition
• Theater productions
• Multicultural and international groups
• Departmental and pre-professional study groups
• Orientation, Homecoming and Family Weekend planning committees
• Intramural sports

Conservatory Music Organizations

• Concert Choir
• Jazz Ensemble
• Men’s Glee Club
• Opera Music Theater
• Percussion Ensemble
• Symphonic Band
• Symphony Orchestra
• Women’s Chorale

Ministry/Service Opportunities

• Breakaway Ministries
• Christian Service Council (22 local ministries)
• Global Urban Perspectives
• Missions in Focus
• Senior Citizen Music Outreach Ministry
• Small Group Discipleship Program
• Student Missionary Project
• Underclass Residence Hall Community Life Councils
• World Christian Fellowship
• Youth Hostel Ministry

Becoming Champions

• Wheaton offers men and women intercollegiate participation in 22 different sports as a member of the non-scholarship NCAA Division III.
• Wheaton teams have won more than 40 titles over the past six years in 11 different sports. 150+ students have earned All-American recognition and 45+ have been recognized as Academic All-Americans.
• Wheaton is a charter member of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW). CCIW schools have accounted for 34 NCAA national championships, including for Wheaton College a basketball title, three women's soccer championship, and two men's soccer titles.
• Over the past four seasons, Wheaton has been nationally ranked in: football; men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, and men's and women's cross country; women's track and field, women's golf, and women's tennis.
• The women's soccer team won the 2004, 2006, and 2007 NCAA Division III Championships. Women's soccer has made five NCAA Final Four appearances (2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008). Head coach Pete Felske was named national "Coach of the Year" in 2004, 2006, and 2007.
• The Wheaton football team has been ranked in Division III's Top 25 for the past nine years. Wheaton won CCIW championships in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006, with a league-best five NCAA-III Playoff appearances since 2000 including National Semifinalist recognition in 2008.

Division III Competition

Club Sports

Admissions

• Quality of course selection
• Performance in high school/college
• Rank in class
• ACT and/or SAT
• Essays
• Recommendations
• Extracurricular activities
• Christian commitment (necessary for admission)

Wheaton Alumni

Placement six months after graduation

• 60% employed
• 27% graduate school
• 2% military
• 11% other

Wheaton Graduates

1,500 business leaders

• Donald Soderquist ’55, former COO and vice chairman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• William Pollard ’60, former chairman and CEO, The ServiceMaster Company
• Robert Lane ’72, former chairman and CEO, John Deere & Co.
• James Bowen, ’77, president, First Trust Portfolios, L.P.
• Bonnie Pruett Wurzbacher ’77, senior vice-president, Coca-Cola
• Michael Bontrager ’82, founder, Chatham Financial Corporation
• Mark Snyder ’82, executive vice president and global head of foreign exchange division, State Street
• Timothy Seneff, ’96, president, CNL Financial Group, Inc.

250 government & foreign service professionals

• J. Dennis Hastert ’64, former Illinois Congressman and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Dan Coats ’65, former Senator and U.S. Ambassador, Germany
• Joan Humphrey Lefkow ’65, federal judge, U.S. District Court (Ill.)
• Tim Walberg, MA ’78, former Michigan Congressman
• Michael Gerson ’86, former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and op-ed columnist for The Washington Post

1,000 in medicine

• Dr. Arthur Ammann ’58, president of Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
• William Wood ’62, professor and chairman of surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• Kathy Albain ’74, professor of medicine, Loyola University, Chicago
• David Sugarbaker ’75, former thoracic division chief, Harvard Medical School

375 in science and research

• Richard Holt ’56, former senior program manager, TRW Defense Systems
• Thomas Wittick ’68, president and geophysicist, Lindon Exploration Company, Inc.

30 college presidents or provosts

• R. Judson Carlberg ’62, president, Gordon College
• Nathan O. Hatch ’68, president, Wake Forest University
• Jay Barnes, ’69, president, Bethel University
• John Martin ’71, president, Roberts Wesleyan College
• Niel Nielson ’76, president, Covenant College
• Charles W. Pollard ’85, president, John Brown University

3,000+ in ministry and evangelism worldwide

• Billy Graham ’43, evangelist
• Elisabeth Fletcher Isais ’46, missionary and journalist
• Elizabeth Elliot ’48, missionary and writer
• Gary Chapman ’60, author and pastor, Calvary Baptist Church
• Louis L. Carter Jr. ’61, surgeon, missionary and medical teacher
• John Piper ’68, author and pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church
• John Ortberg ’79 author and pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
• Seth Barnes ’80, executive director, Adventures in Missions
• Larry Reed ’80, chief executive officer, Opportunity International Network
• Ruth Haley Barton ’81, author and co-founder, The Transforming Center
• Jasper Bacon ’82, founder and executive director, In His Steps Ministries
• Kevin Palau ’85, executive vice president, Luis Palau Association

550 in the arts

• Luci Shaw ’53, poet and author
• John Nelson ’63, music director, L’Ensemble Orchestra de Paris
• Wendy White Aftab ’75, principal artist, Metropolitan Opera
• David Clydesdale ’75, freelance composer
• Marty O’Donnell ’77, audio director, Bungie Software
• Sylvia McNair ’78, Grammy award-winning soprano

Plus, more than 4,800 teachers, 560 attorneys and 2,300 in business and commerce.

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